# Halloween in Albuquerque 2026 — Every Event, by Day

Haunted houses, costume parties, horror screenings and Día de los Muertos, from now through November 1. Past days drop off as they go.

## All season

- **McCall's Haunted Farm** · Fri & Sat nights through Oct 31 · McCall's Pumpkin Patch · Moriarty. The pumpkin patch turns into a haunted barn and corn maze after dark. Tickets are online only, by reservation. About 40 minutes east on I-40.
- **Ghostober** · All October · Painted Lady Bed & Brew · Wells Park. A month of ghost talks, horror readings and a creepy book club at a brewery inside an 1881 former brothel and saloon.
- **Fright Nights** · Fri & Sat, Oct 23-24 and 30-31 · Fat Frank's · Nob Hill. The hidden lounge behind Urban Hotdog goes full Halloween for three weekends, with a menu of horror cocktails. Reservations recommended; these nights fill up.
- **Blood Tide** · Through Nov 2 · Happy Accidents · Nob Hill. The Halloween cocktail menu at the Nob Hill bar that just made the Top 500 Bars in the World list.

## Thursday, October 22

- **Wicked Whispers: Horror Stories for Halloween** · 7pm · Painted Lady Bed & Brew · Wells Park. Four local horror writers read: Jeff C. Carter, Scotty Milder, T.L. Bodine and Bradley Nordell. Book signing after. Doors at 5.
- **Todos lo saben (Everybody Knows)** · 7pm · National Hispanic Cultural Center · Barelas. A Spanish thriller about a disappearance at a wedding outside Madrid. Part of the NHCC's October thriller film series.

## Friday, October 23

- **Fall Festival at Manzano Mesa** · 5-8pm · Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center · SE Heights. A city-run haunted house, trunk-or-treat and games.
- **The Trails Have Eyes** · 7-9pm · Joan Jones Community Center · NE Heights. A free haunted house run by the city. Also Saturday and next Friday.
- **Night of the Living Cover Bands, Night 7** · Launchpad · Downtown. Local bands play sets as famous ones. Three more nights after this, through Nov 1.

## Saturday, October 24

- **Boo at the Zoo** · 9am-5pm · ABQ BioPark Zoo · Barelas. Trick-or-treating among the animals, games and crafts. Timed tickets online only: $15, $10 for ages 3 to 12. Free shuttle from the Civic Center garage.
- **Halloween Drag Bingo** · 1-3pm · Canteen Brewhouse · Midtown. Dee Dee Van Carter hosts, with guest performers. $20 to play, and the money goes to the Imperial Sovereign Court of New Mexico's charities.
- **Spooky Island Carnival** · 7pm · Tractor Brewing Wells Park · Wells Park. Scooby-Doo theme. Fire and aerial sideshow acts, a tarot reader, tattoos, magic, food trucks and a Mystery Inc. costume contest. Benefits the NM Brewers Guild.
- **The Trails Have Eyes** · 7pm · Joan Jones Community Center · NE Heights. Night two of the city's free haunted house.
- **Paradiso benefit: a 70s variety broadcast** · 7:30pm · FUSION | The Cell · Downtown. One night only. A live retro TV variety show with a Bob Barker-style host and fake commercial breaks, raising money for a local psychological-thriller short film. Doors at 7.
- **Fright Night 2: The Bride of Fright Night** · 12:30-8:30pm · South Broadway Cultural Center · South Broadway. Ten horror authors read, Delilah S. Dawson among them, plus a spooky market and mocktails. From Books on the Bosque.
- **Boogie Your Oogie** · 6:30-10pm · Tractor Brewing Westside · Westside. The Sonic Hombres play 80s new wave around 8:15. Costume contest for people and for dogs.
- **Night of the Living Cover Bands, Night 8** · Launchpad · Downtown. More local bands playing as famous ones.

## Sunday, October 25

- **Día de los Muertos on the farm** · 10am-4pm · Farm & Table · Los Ranchos. A community ofrenda, a sugar skull workshop, a pet blessing, local vendors and food trucks. Felix y Los Gatos play.
- **Ghostology 101** · Painted Lady Bed & Brew · Wells Park. Paranormal investigator Cody Polston teaches a ghost-research class. He's been at it 40 years, with more than a dozen books and articles out.

## Tuesday, October 27

- **Carve It Up** · 6-8pm · Canteen Brewhouse & Canteen Taproom · Midtown. $20 gets you a pumpkin, carving tools and a pint. Best pumpkin wins a prize at 8. At both Canteen locations.

## Thursday, October 29

- **Creepy Crawl 1K Beer Fun Run** · 6pm · Canteen Brewhouse + La Cumbre · Midtown. A one-kilometer costume run put on by two breweries. Register through Canteen's Instagram link.
- **Emoween** · 9pm · Effex Nightclub · Downtown. An emo night for Halloween week at the downtown club.

## Friday, October 30

- **The Trails Have Eyes** · 7pm · Joan Jones Community Center · NE Heights. Last night of the city's free haunted house.
- **Jim Henson's Labyrinth: In Concert** · 7pm · KiMo Theatre · Downtown. The movie on screen with the score played live, for its 40th anniversary.
- **John Padon Halloween Show** · 8pm · Hyena's Comedy Nightclub · Uptown. A $10 Halloween stand-up show at the Uptown comedy club.
- **Fright Night at North Domingo Baca** · 5:30-9pm · North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center · NE Heights. Haunted house, trunk-or-treat, a carnival and a movie. Run by the city.
- **Joker Halloween Party** · 9pm-2am · El Rey Theater · Downtown. A costume party in the 1941 theater, put on by Lucid Ent. 18 and up to get in, 21 to drink. Tickets at lucidabq.com.
- **The Rocky Horror Picture Show** · Flix Brewhouse · Westside. Also Halloween night.
- **Night of the Living Cover Bands, Night 9** · Launchpad · Downtown. The Halloween-weekend night of the cover-band series.

## Saturday, October 31

- **Explora-ween** · 10am-3pm · Explora · Old Town. Mad-scientist experiments with a Halloween twist, treats, and a costume contest for kids.
- **Underwater Pumpkin Carving** · 1:30-3pm · ABQ BioPark Aquarium · Old Town. Divers carve pumpkins inside the ocean tank while you watch through the glass.
- **The Thrilla: 80s Halloween** · 7pm · Sister · Downtown. The Flashback 80s video dance party's Halloween night, in its 12th year. Come dressed as a zombie 80s music star. Music starts at 7 and goes as late as you want.
- **Halloween at Top of The Block** · 9pm-12am · Top of The Block · Rio Rancho. DJ Hump, drink specials and up to $300 in costume cash prizes. Free to get in.
- **Spooky TTRPG afternoon** · Afternoon · Juno Brewery · Downtown. Horror tabletop games, and every player gets dice and a pair of 3D glasses.
- **Houdini Halloween Séance** · Painted Lady Bed & Brew · Wells Park. Houdini died 100 years ago on this night. His widow held a séance every Halloween for ten years after, waiting for their code phrase. The Painted Lady is holding one more, with horror-themed beers brewed on site.
- **Halloween Night Disco** · Sidetrack Brewing · Downtown. Adobe Disco and Anjo X King on the decks, Comida de Reyes on the grill. Costumes expected.
- **The Rocky Horror Picture Show** · Flix Brewhouse · Westside. The Halloween-night screening.

## Sunday, November 1

- **Costume cocktail brunch** · 12pm · Seasons Rotisserie & Grill · Old Town. Four courses, each paired with a house cocktail. $75 with tax and tip, and costumes are welcome. The last one of the season.
- **Muertos y Marigolds** · 12-4pm · Westside Community Center · South Valley. The South Valley's Día de los Muertos celebration. The marigold procession starts at noon.
- **Lotería Comedy Show** · 7pm · Hyena's Comedy Nightclub · Uptown. Sunday-night stand-up on Día de los Muertos weekend.
- **Muertosfiesta** · Marble Brewery Downtown · Downtown. A Día de los Muertos party to close out Marble's free 2026 music season.
- **Night of the Living Cover Bands: All Ages Encore** · Launchpad · Downtown. The all-ages closing night of the series.